We have a pet in our garage, but no one knows about it except me. Well, maybe I let my husband in on the secret. ...
It's a Wednesday morning in Haiti, in a dim room with no light bulb. I am a spectator to the quiet work of five women.
The opening verses of Jeremiah can be unsettling if you have been reading this book in order. In chapter 39, King Nebuchadnezzar...
When Linda and I first moved into our home in Irvine, California, we found ourselves wishing that a few things about the...
My rules are simple, and my rules have come from 38 years of learning, sometimes painful learning, on the job.
We must die to life as we know it for resurrection to take place.
Sometimes the godly have a skewed perspective on how God governs, and this causes them needless anxiety. They think that the righteous...
We often measure threshold moments in terms of before and after: the births, weddings, and deaths in our awareness all inhabit similarly...
People of faith are often people of passion. It’s not uncommon for those who have been touched by grace of God to...
Mention the word "predestination" among Christians and you're likely to get strong, diverse responses. For some in the Calvinist/Reformed tradition, you'll get a cheer, because predestination is...
This content is part of the Ruth and Parables curriculum, an 11-week integrated sermon and small group series on faith and work...
I have a dear friend I see once a year. Every time we get together, she talks excitedly about how she and...
Insider trading scandals and inflated stockholder reports were the news several years ago. Those actions were typical of the lapses in integrity that have contributed to the problems we now face in...
In last Wednesday’s reflection, I focused on 1 Corinthians 1:2, where Scripture reveals that all of us have been called by God...
On Mondays in March we're discussing David Platt's new book Follow Me: A Call to Die. A Call to Live. This is...
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When we refer to someone as a Pollyanna, we don’t usually mean it as a compliment. Pollyanna-ish people always look on the bright side, so much so that they seem to ignore genuine...
Sustainability recognizes which things will become useless in the future.
Genesis records two incidents in which Abraham misrepresented the identity of his wife, Sarah, claiming that she was his sister (Gen. 12:10-20; 20:1-18). This half-truth was a result of Abraham's...
About a year ago, I got enmeshed in the controversy over the alleged "Jesus Family Tomb." This occupied the world's attention for about five minutes back in February 2008, when the Discovery...
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